Chemnitz Model - Level 4
Northern expansion Limbach-Oberfrohna
Planning for the expansion of the Chemnitz model towards Leipziger Straße and Limbach-Oberfrohna was resumed in 2020 by the project sponsor VMS. The VMS was awarded the corresponding contract for this by city council resolution B-201/2019.
Stage 4 is the most extensive of all expansion stages of the Chemnitz model with a 16-kilometre-long new line. Only a small part of the route is a former railway line that is to be reused.
In consultation with the Saxony State Directorate as the planning approval authority and the city of Chemnitz, it was agreed that planning approval, construction work and commissioning would take place in sections. The entire route is divided into five sections, which are officially called "planning approval sections".
Further information
The VMS provides ongoing information on the current status of expansion stage 4 - northern expansion of Limbach-Oberfrohna:Variant analysis for line identification
On the basis of the City Council resolution B-132/2018 "Determinations of the City of Chemnitz on the planning of the Chemnitz Model Stage 4", a variant study is to be carried out to determine the route. The study area concerns the 3rd and 4th of 5 planned planning approval sections: from Bornaer Straße to the integration into the railway track to Limbach-Oberfrohna.
Due to the large number of urban interests of the city of Chemnitz (including the Röhrsdorf district), the city of Limbach-Oberfrohna (including the Kändler district) and the municipality of Hartmannsdorf, it was agreed with the project sponsor Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) that the city of Chemnitz would carry out the planning support for the line determination as part of the preliminary planning. The City of Chemnitz is to work closely with all parties involved.
